LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

dēflectō

dēflectō (present infinitive dēflectere, perfect active dēflexī, supine dēflexum)
Classical[deːˈfɫɛk.toː]Ecclesiastical[deˈflɛk.to]

Meaning

  1. to bend or turn downwards or away; to deflect
  2. to digress

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

dē viā mē vertō
dēflectō -ere — in Epistulae, ch. 18

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dēflectōdēflectēbamdēflectamdēflexīdēflexeramdēflexerō
2nd sg.dēflectisdēflectēbāsdēflectēsdēflexistīdēflexerāsdēflexeris
3rd sg.dēflectitdēflectēbatdēflectetdēflexitdēflexeratdēflexerit
1st pl.dēflectimusdēflectēbāmusdēflectēmusdēfleximusdēflexerāmusdēflexerimus
2nd pl.dēflectitisdēflectēbātisdēflectētisdēflexistisdēflexerātisdēflexeritis
3rd pl.dēflectuntdēflectēbantdēflectentdēflexērunt
dēflexēre		dēflexerantdēflexerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dēflectamdēflecteremdēflexerimdēflexissem
2nd sg.dēflectāsdēflecterēsdēflexerīsdēflexissēs
3rd sg.dēflectatdēflecteretdēflexeritdēflexisset
1st pl.dēflectāmusdēflecterēmusdēflexerīmusdēflexissēmus
2nd pl.dēflectātisdēflecterētisdēflexerītisdēflexissētis
3rd pl.dēflectantdēflecterentdēflexerintdēflexissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dēflectordēflectēbardēflectar
2nd sg.dēflecteris
dēflectere		dēflectēbāris
dēflectēbāre		dēflectēris
dēflectēre
3rd sg.dēflectiturdēflectēbāturdēflectētur
1st pl.dēflectimurdēflectēbāmurdēflectēmur
2nd pl.dēflectiminīdēflectēbāminīdēflectēminī
3rd pl.dēflectunturdēflectēbanturdēflectentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.dēflectardēflecterer
2nd sg.dēflectāris
dēflectāre		dēflecterēris
dēflecterēre
3rd sg.dēflectāturdēflecterētur
1st pl.dēflectāmurdēflecterēmur
2nd pl.dēflectāminīdēflecterēminī
3rd pl.dēflectanturdēflecterentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dēflectedēflectere
pres. 2nd pl.dēflectitedēflectiminī
fut. 2nd sg.dēflectitōdēflectitor
fut. 3rd sg.dēflectitōdēflectitor
fut. 2nd pl.dēflectitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dēflectuntōdēflectuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedēflecteredēflectī
perfect infinitivedēflexissedēflexum esse
future infinitivedēflexūrum essedēflexum īrī
present participledēflectēns—
perfect participle—dēflexus
dēflexa, dēflexā, dēflexae, dēflexam, dēflexārum, dēflexās, dēflexe, dēflexīs, dēflexō, dēflexōrum, dēflexōs
future participledēflexūrus
dēflexūra, dēflexūrā, dēflexūrae, dēflexūram, dēflexūrārum, dēflexūrās, dēflexūre, dēflexūrī, dēflexūrīs, dēflexūrō, dēflexūrōrum, dēflexūrōs, dēflexūrum		dēflectendus
dēflectundus, dēflectenda, dēflectendā, dēflectendae, dēflectendam, dēflectendārum, dēflectendās, dēflectende, dēflectendīs, dēflectendōrum, dēflectendōs
gerunddēflectendī, dēflectendō, dēflectendumsupinedēflexum, dēflexū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

a veritate deflectere, desciscere
to swerve from the truth.
a pristina consuetudine deflectere
to give up old customs.
de via declinare, deflectere (also metaphorically)
to turn aside from the right way; to deviate.
a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere
to deteriorate.
a proposito aberrare, declinare, deflectere, digredi, egredi
to digress from the point at issue.

dē-flecto, xi, xum, 3, v. a. and n.
I. Act., to bend downwards or aside, to turn aside or in another direction.
A. Lit.: ramum olivae, Col. 5, 11, 14; cf.: palmitem, id. 4, 26, 3; Catull. 62, 51; Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 204: tela (Venus), Verg. A. 10, 331: amnis in alium cursum, Cic. Div. 1, 19 fin.: cursum ad Romanos. Liv. 10, 27: vultum ab aliqua re ad aliquid, Val. Max. 5, 10, 1: carinam quolibet, Luc. 5, 789; cf.: rapidum iter, id. 3, 337; novam viam, to turn off, construct in another direction, Liv. 39, 27 fin.—
B. Trop.
1. In gen.: lumina, Ov. M. 7, 789; cf.: oculos a cura, Val. Fl. 8, 76: cum ipsos principes aliqua pravitas de via deflexit, Cic. Rep. 1, 44: aliquem ab institutis studiis, Quint. 10, 1, 91: ut declinet a proposito deflectatque sententiam, Cic. Or. 40: si ad verba rem deflectere velimus, id. Caecin. 18, 51: quaedam in senectute deflexit (for which, shortly before, mutavit), Cels. praef.: in ipsos factum deflectitur, Quint. 7, 2, 23: adversarios in suam utilitatem deflectere, id. 4, 1, 71; cf.: dotes puellae in pejus, Ov. R. Am. 325: tragoediam in obscenos risus, id. Tr. 2, 409: perniciosa consilia fortuna deflexit in melius, Sen. Ben. 6, 8, 1: virtutes in vitia, Suet. Dom. 3: se de curriculo petitionis, to withdraw, id. Mur. 22 fin.—
2. Esp. (late Lat.), gramm. t. t., to inflect, to vary the form of a word: non solet sic deflecti, August. in Psa. 140, 25.—
II. Neutr., to turn off, turn aside.
A. Lit.: vulgus militum deflectere viā, Tac. H. 2, 70; cf. without via, Suet. Aug. 93 fin.: in Tuscos, Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 3.—
B. Trop. (freq., but almost exclusively in Cicero): deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12; so, de via (consuetudo), id. Off. 2, 3, 9: de recta regione, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 68: a veritate, id. Rosc. Com. 16: oratio redeat illuc unde deflexit, id. Tusc. 5, 28, 80: a Domino, Vulg. Sirach 36, 28; 2, 7.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēflectō

Latin dē- Latin flectō Latin dēflectō From dē- + flectō.

Quick answers

What does dēflectō mean in Latin?
dēflectō, a verb, means “to bend or turn downwards or away; to deflect; to digress”.
What are the principal parts of dēflectō?
dēflectō, dēflectere, dēflexī, dēflexum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce dēflectō?
In classical Latin, [deːˈfɫɛk.toː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [deˈflɛk.to].
Where does dēflectō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēflectō.